Tanacross: Tanacross Learners' Dictionary

Tanacross Learners' Dictionary

PRELIMINARY VERSION

compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman

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armpit

shk'éhts'ax

my armpit

aroma

SEE smell

around

kendah

shax kendah tedhíhshah

I was going around the house
wughandah

around it
wughandah nach'enehtl'ų́'

she or he sewed around it
jah shghendah didédhaltth'ih

you all sit here around me
shxghendah ch'ekô1

there is nothing around me

arrive

ninshah

she or he arrived
perfective paradigm

nihshah	ts'enindeetl
ninshah	nahdeetl
ninshah	xnindeetl

ndée dą́'ą jah nininshah? when did you arrive here?
łii xědl' shíi ch'e jah níhshaay I arrived here in a dog sled
SEE go

arranged (settled)

nixunin'ąą

it is arranged, settled
tsá' nixunin'ąą

beaver arranged his house
nts'ogh ndáa ch'e nixunin'aan?

how in the world did you do this?

go

There are many words used for talking about "coming and going" Words listed here do not specifically refer to the manner or form of transportation.
Dihthâad ts'į́' ghíhhaał

I'm going (right now) to Mansfield
imperfective paradigm

ghihhaał	ts'aadéł
ghinhaał	ghahdéł
aahaał	xaadéł

ch'utkeet shax ts'į́' ts'aadéł we are going to the store

perfective paradigm

tedhihshah	ts'eedeetl
tedhinshah	tedhahdeetl
teeshah	xteedeetl

Fairbanks ts'į́' téeshah she or he went to Fairbanks
tâatétshah he went home

fut

tihhaał	ts'aadeł
tinhaał	tahdeł
taahaał	xtaadeł

dzeen Fairbanks ts'į́' tíhhaał, tl'âan teddh dé' natihdaał today I'm going to go to Fairbanks, then I'll return tonight
tâatihdaał I'm going home
natihdaał I'll be leaving here
in forms where 'returning' is implied, the 'h' in the final syllable of this verb changes to 'd'

arrow

different kinds of arrows were used for different purposes.
tuuk'á'

arrow for waterfowl
ch'edé' tes

blunt arrow for small game
k'á'

big game arrow

arrowhead

tuuk'á' chiid

arrowhead for water fowl arrow
ch'edé' tes chiid

arrowhead for blunt arrow

as for?

dú'
nen dú'?

as for you?

embarrassed

uníshshá'

I'm embarrassed
Also means 'ashamed'
perfective paradigm

uníshshá'	ts'unítshá'
unítshá'	unatshá'
unítsh1a'	xunítshá'

punk (fungus)

lts'iis

ALSO ashes birch fungus ashes

ashamed

SEE embarrassed

ashes (fire)

kón' łědz'

ashes (chew)

lts'iis

birch fungus ashes ALSO punk

aspen

t'áath

ALSO cottonwood, poplar

ask

wudįhket

ask him/her!
díi gha shúdįhkét

why did you ask me?
nudekket

I ask you
shudįhket

you ask me
nudehket

she asks you
ts'udehket

we ask her
yudehket

he asks her

assemble (gather together)

niłshíi'álsheeyh

they (plural objects) are assembled, gathered together
niłshíixatdeetl

people are gathered together

cottonwood

t'áath

(Populus sp.) cottonwood ALSO aspen, poplar
dahchǔuy'

fluffy seed of the cottonwood tree (also fireweed seeds)

attach

yedeet'eyh

it is attached (tied) to it

at (toward)

ts'į́'

at (in the direction of)
yits'į́' tsutéh'ah

he or she pointed at him or her